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Originally Posted by Dowly
So, they take $10 for a second hand sale they would otherwise get nothing from? That's actually pretty brilliant plan.  |
Only if the user wants to play online.
All EA games, with online play, will have a unique and one time use activation code for anyone wanting to play online. Therefore, anyone wanting to buy these titles as used/second hand will have to pay to access EA servers.
EA do get royalties (in the UK at least) for second hand sales, just not as much.
This method is already used in the POS that is Tiger Woods Golf, where the online is pretty much borked anyway.
BTW, this was introduced to combat console second hand sales. I suspect PC version will have, how do you say?.......workarounds.
I suspect this move will actually hurt EA sales. People who usually buy second hand for a cheaper price will just wait for the normal retail copy to plummet in price. Which, in the console world, means 50% reduction in about 20 days. I don't think EA have done their maths. Oh well.